NVIDIA introduced GeForce GTX 1080, the company’s top-end gaming graphics card earlier this month. Now the Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is now available for purchase in India through several retailers. It is based on new Pascal architecture and is built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process. It has support for DirectX 12, Vulkan graphics APIs and is designed to drive display devices beyond 5K including HDR as well as delivering the performance required for immersive VR.
| GeForce GTX 1080 | Specifications |
| GPU Architecture | Pascal |
| Frame Buffer | 8GB GDDR5X |
| Memory Type- Speed | 10 Gbps |
| Boost Clock (MHz) | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 320 |
| CUDA Cores | 2560 |
| Manufacturing Process | TSMC 16nm |
| Display Outputs | 3 x DisplayPort 1.4
HDMI 2.0b DL-DVI |
| Multi Display Capability | Quad Display |
| Recommended Power Supply | 500W |
| Power Consumption | 180W |
| Power Input | 8-pin |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
| Slot Size | Dual Slot |
The Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders edition is priced starting at Rs. 63,250 (MSRP) and is available for purchase from Amazon.in, MD Computers (Kolkata) , Prime ABGB (Mumbai) and other retailers. Other OEMs are also expected to release it soon.